South Australia Police

14 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (19 February 2020). What are the number of informal cautions issued by SA Police to young people over the past ten years; and of those, how many were issued to Aboriginal young people?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing): I am advised:

1,230 informal cautions were issued by South Australia Police (SAPOL) to young people between July 2009 and June 2019.

Due to South Australia Police (SAPOL) system constraints prior to the implementation of SHIELD, SAPOL does not have the number of Aboriginal youth informally cautioned prior to November 2018. SAPOL can advise that 46 informal cautions were issued from November 2018 to June 2019 and of those, four were issued to Aboriginal young people.